Prednisone, a very strong medicine and a member of the family of corticosteroids is a steroid used to treat allergies, asthma and other autoimmune diseases, such as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura disorder also known as ITP.
Corticosteroids are used to provide relief of inflammation in several body parts. Steroids are known to reduce swelling, itching, redness and allergic reactions. They are also useful to stop bleeding unwanted is especially useful in the purple of ITP.
With the treatment of ITP, the initial dose of prednisone is quite high and then gradually decreases downward. Unfortunately, in most cases, the platelet count is reduced as reducing the prednisone. Occasionally, though the doses are reduced, the platelet count remains high. Some patients with ITP have to be maintained for years on low doses of corticosteroids, but at what long-term gain in overall health?
This steroid particular is also used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases such as idiopathic thrombocytopenia Purpura. Side effects can be uncomfortable and grow in severity if treatment is continued for a long time. They often include weight gain, mood swings, high blood pressure, insomnia, changes in blood sugar, calcium loss, muscle wasting, and increased susceptibility to infections.
The mean dose of prednisone for the treatment of ITP is 1 mg per every 2.2 pounds of body weight. Although your doctor, your disgression, you can start with a higher or lower dose than is usually recommended.
The side effects, are disgusting in my opinion. I experienced first hand watching my beautiful daughter go through a treatment of ITP, using a strong course of prednisone, and our doctor never mentioned side effects. We just blindly follow our doctor suggested treatment, then found out a little too late. My daughter felt so bad that I said he wished they were dead, and did not want to go through more treatments again. Corticosteroids are very strong drugs. Although they are temporarily useful in building their levels of platelets in the blood or other medical problems that have side effects that can be very serious. My daughter could not sleep, I was constantly falling apart at the seams, the baloon up (and to this day 3 years later, the body struggles with a slightly swollen), her joints were in excruciating pain, to mention some of the problems we encounter with the use of prednisone.
Side effects of corticosteroids prednisone and others can be very uncomfortable, the increase in severity if the medicines are kept for a long time. They can lower your resistance to infection and any infection you may be more difficult to treat. This is only the beginning of possible health problems caused by corticosteroids. They have been known to cause glaucoma, cataracts, ulcer ulcer, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, pancreatitis, osteoporosis, myopathies, obesity, water retention, high blood pressure, diabetes metabolism (blood sugar changes), sleep disturbances, mood changes, delayed wound healing, atrophy (muscle wasting), loss potassium, the fragility of the and skin. With prolonged use, the medication stops the communication between the pituitary and adrenal glands and can damage stress response for up to one to two years after the cessation of taking the medicine.
Make absolutely sure you are on the potential side effects with your doctor. Knowing what I know now, and after experiencing firsthand how this medication affects my daughter, I would highly recommend that you take the time to investigate and prosecute all natural ways to heal the body. Rest assured … You can get well without the use of harmful drugs.
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